Chapter V. Solar Folk Lore : * "Sun Lore of All Ages", by William Tyler Olcott, [1914], p. 116 p. 117 p. 118 p. 119 CHAPTER V Solar Folk-Lore THE distinction between mythology and folklore is an extremely fine one, and though there is such a distinction, still the two subjects are so essentially analogous it will not be...
Chapter Xi. Solar Significance Of Burial : * "Sun Lore of All Ages", by William Tyler Olcott, [1914], p. 265 p. 266 p. 267 CHAPTER XI Solar Significance Of Burial Customs. Orientation NOWHERE in the study of ancient rites and customs is the sun's influence on human affairs in greater evidence than in the ceremonials attending the burial...
Chapter Iv. Solar Mythology : * "Sun Lore of All Ages", by William Tyler Olcott, [1914], p. 88 p. 89 p. 90 p. 91 CHAPTER IV Solar Mythology ("Continued") IN Norse mythology we find, as we might expect, many solar myths and sun heroes, whose knightly qualities and redoubtable prowess enable them to accomplish seemingly...
Chapter Ix. Solar Festivals : * "Sun Lore of All Ages", by William Tyler Olcott, [1914], p. 224 p. 225 p. 226 p. 227 CHAPTER IX Solar Festivals BECAUSE of the importance of Sun worship, and its widespread influence upon the primitive inhabitants of the world, there were instituted in honour of the solar deity, in many lands...
Chapter Vi. Sun Worship : * "Sun Lore of All Ages", by William Tyler Olcott, [1914], p. 138 p. 139 p. 140 p. 141 CHAPTER VI Sun Worship THE pre-eminence of the Sun, as the fountain-head of life and man's well-being, must have rendered it at a date almost contemporaneous with the birth of the race, the chief object of man's...
Chapter Xii. Emblematic And Symbolic Forms : * "Sun Lore of All Ages", by William Tyler Olcott, [1914], p. 284 p. 285 p. 286 p. 287 CHAPTER XII Emblematic And Symbolic Forms Of The Sun THERE is much of interest in the study of the symbolic forms of the sun, derived as they are from the mythology and worship of the ancients. Many of the solar...
Chapter Iii. Solar Mythology : * "Sun Lore of All Ages", by William Tyler Olcott, [1914], p. 51 p. 52 p. 53 CHAPTER III Solar Mythology SOME one has said: "If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society, then mythology has no claim...
Chapter Viii. Sun Catcher Myths : * "Sun Lore of All Ages", by William Tyler Olcott, [1914], p. 203 p. 204 p. 205 CHAPTER VIII Sun-Catcher Myths IN the mythology of every land there may be found legends relating to the snaring of the sun, or the retarding of its daily course. The regularity and the steadfastness of the sun's...
Introduction : * "Sun Lore of All Ages", by William Tyler Olcott, [1914], p. v INTRODUCTION IN the compilation of the volume "Star Lore of All Ages", a wealth of interesting material pertaining to the mythology and folk-lore of the sun and moon was discovered, which seemed worth collating in a separate volume...
Title Page : * "Sun Lore of All Ages", by William Tyler Olcott, [1914], SUN LORE OF ALL AGES By WILLIAM TYLER OLCOTT New York And London: G. P. Putnam's Sons [1914] Scanned, proofed and formatted , July 2007, by John Bruno Hare. This text is in the public domain in the US because it was published prior to 1923.
Chapter Vii. Sun Worship : * "Sun Lore of All Ages", by William Tyler Olcott, [1914], p. 161 p. 162 p. 163 CHAPTER VII Sun Worship ("Continued") "Sun Worship in India" IN India, a land teeming with mythology, we find as we might expect, Sun worship a predominant feature of the Hindu religion. All the myths prove th...
Chapter Ii. Ancient Ideas Of The Sun And The Moon : * "Sun Lore of All Ages", by William Tyler Olcott, [1914], p. 33 p. 34 p. 35 CHAPTER II ANCIENT IDEAS OF THE SUN AND THE MOON A STUDY of mythology reveals many legends and traditions that concern the Sun and the Moon as related in some way by family or marital ties. Consequently; in spite...
Chapter I. Solar Creation Myths : * "Sun Lore of All Ages", by William Tyler Olcott, [1914], p. 1 p. 2 p. 3 CHAPTER I Solar Creation Myths IN the literature of celestial mythology, the legends that relate to the creation of the chief luminaries occupy no small part. It was natural that primitive man should at an early date...
Untitled : * This is a review of the literature of Sun lore. While for the most part factually correct, this is not an academic study. Olcott is light on the citations, and it apparent that he didn't use primary sources for the vast majority of the myths. But by far the biggest problem here is the reliance...
Chapter X. Solar Omens, Traditions, And Superstitions : * "Sun Lore of All Ages", by William Tyler Olcott, [1914], p. 250 p. 251 p. 252 p. 253 CHAPTER X Solar Omens, Traditions, And Superstitions THE past has bequeathed to us a wealth of lore, in the nature of omens and wise saws, superstitions and quaint fancies, the product of imaginative speculati...